Improvement in adjustable caps for watches



W. W. STEWART Adjustable Caps for Watches.

No,l5l,5l6 Patentedjune2,874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM V. STEWART, OF BROOKLYN, NE/V YORK.

IMPROVEMENTIN ADJUSTABLE CAPS FOR WATCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,516, dated June 2,1874 application iiled January 23, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. STEWART, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented an Adjustable Gap forfato-hes, of which the following is a specilioation rlhe object of myinvention is to provide a cap for watches which may be adjusted to allmovements in which the dista-nce from the oenrer arbor to thewiinling-arbor is the same, although the winding-arbor may be otherwisedifferently located, and thus to make any case ol;l the proper sizeadjustable to any suoli movement; and especially to obviate thenecessity, which at present exists, of making diti'ercnt cases for theladies7 movements made by the laltham fateli Company, Charles Latour,and the Elgin \Vatch Company.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view'of the cap complete; Fig. 2, anedge view, and Fie. 3 a sectional view thereof. Figs. 4c and 5 representthe center of the cap and the bezel, respectively, detached from eaohother.

My invention consists in making the cap in two parts-a bezel, designatedin the accompanying drawing by the letter A, holding in place a circularcenter, B, in whieh center are made the keyhole O, for the center arbor,and the key-hole D, for the winding-arbor. The upper inner edge of thebezel may be burnished over, so as to hold the center in'position, yetallowing it to be revolved, by which means the key-hole intended for thewinding-arbor can be adjusted to any point at a certain distance fromthe center arbor.

I claim as my invention- The adjustable watch-cap described, consistingof the center plate B, having holes for the winding and setting posts,and arranged to turn in the bezel A, substantially as shown.

VILLIAM XV. STEVART.

NVitnesses:

A. A. ABBOTT, HERMAN F. GILBERT.

